NG+2 Save File corruption

[the cat from aristocats]

Wasn't playing on steam, but I'll post this here in case it's relevant on all platforms. Mistakes were made on the Howling Grotto boss in New Game+2 and I died with less than 400 time shards. Quarble only took 50 shards and I started taking 1 damage per hit instead of 2; looks like I got downgraded to new game +1. I restarted my Switch and got the "choose one item" prompt when selecting my save file, then it entered into an infinite loading screen.

Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else! At least I'm flying through NG+1 again :)

[dub]

Hi,

This is an issue that is already fixed on Steam but it's longer for the hotfix to go on Switch. It should be fixed on Switch on next week. Thanks.

[-Kite-Man-]

Is this what the small ~1mb patch today was pertaining to?

Also(since the two of you seem like you'd be experts here) do you lose all your shards again when you start the NG+2 cycle, like at the start of NG+1?

[the cat from aristocats]

Hey, thanks for the quick reply! This is the only blocker type issue I've encountered, hats off to the QA :)

@-Kite-Man- You do not lose your shards, which initially disappointed me because I feel like that gives incentive to spending time farming time shards before clearing each cycle, but as long as the Time Shard cap is 9999, that shouldn't be overkill.

I threw all of my shards into the Money Sink, then paid for that arrogance in Howling Grotto :P

[-Kite-Man-]

hah, that money sink is exactly why I was asking. Not brave enough yet.

Nothing came of it then?

[the cat from aristocats]

I think the Money Sink is literally useless except as an enforcer of personal conduct choices; if you want to start each playthrough and throw away all your shards as soon as you can enter the shop, that's up to you! I respect that they give their players the choice to be more insane. (hardcore)

[Soleil]

@-Kite-Man- @the cat from aristocats
The time shard count goes way higher than 9,999. I thought maybe it would be 99,999, but it's not that either. Some fans made a save file editor, and it seems the game should allow for 10 digits of money.

Here are the efforts of me farming for about 5 hours. To get to the 7th digit, it would take about 50 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQEdQzzBcwc

I donated all of that money into the time sink and completed the game (on a normal save file), and nothing came of it. I found something in the picture files that suggests the Money Sink does something, but I believe it's a joke image that's only there to tempt you to pointlessly donate even more money. (I could be wrong though.)